Faculty

Department of History Faculty
COLLIN COLLEGE

Professors of History

J. Brett Adams, Chair, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Preston Ridge Campus (ABD, Oklahoma)
Environmental History, the American South and Rural History
Preston Ridge Campus, Office F212, 972-377-1604

Larry Collins (MA, North Texas, 1972)
American Civil War; World War II
Central Park Campus, Office A353, 972-548-6820

Matthew Ware Coulter (PhD, North Texas, 1996)
Twentieth Century US; American Foreign Policy; the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt
Spring Creek Campus, Office C226, 972-881-5816

David O'Donald Cullen (PhD, North Texas, 1992)
History of Behavioral Sciences; Civil Rights Movement, Social and cultural movements of the 1960s
Spring Creek Campus, Office J244, 972-881-5965

Wendy Gunderson (MA, Midwestern State, 1991; Doctoral courses, Oklahoma State)
Native Americans; the American West; Latin America
Preston Ridge Campus, Office F213, 972-377-1536

Joan Jenkins (PhD, North Texas, 1989)
Western Civilization; Reformation and Enlightenment; Philosophy of David Hume
Spring Creek Campus, Office K243, 972-881-5829

Melissa LaPrelle (MA, Texas Woman's, 2000)
Nineteenth Century America; Industrialization
Spring Creek Campus, Office BB212, 972-578-5534

Michael Phillips (PhD, Texas-Austin, 2002)
Racial Ideology; Texas History; the American Right Wing
Spring Creek Campus, Office H253, 972-578-5504

Meredith Richards-Martin (MA, Midwestern, 2002)
Late Nineteenth Century US History; Nineteenth Century Texas History; Middle Eastern History
Preston Ridge Campus, Office F136C, 972-377-1508

Steven Short (PhD, Texas Tech, 2006)
African-American History, 19th Century US, Military History, Modern Latin America
Central Park Campus, Office D-207, 972-548-6767.

Samuel K. Tullock (PhD, Texas-Dallas, 1997)
American Colonial; American Religion; Twentieth Century Religious Movements
Spring Creek Campus, Office G222, 972-881-5737

Keith Volanto (PhD, Texas A&M, 1998)
Great Depression/New Deal and Early Twentieth Century US History
Spring Creek Campus, Office B216, 972-578-5531

Roger Ward, Chair, History Department, Spring Creek Campus (ABD, Kentucky)
Nineteenth Century America; Age of Jackson; African American History
Spring Creek Campus, Office B115A, 972-516-5026

David Weiland (PhD, Cambridge, 1996)
Latin America, Spain and Empire, Early Modern Europe and Economic History
Spring Creek Campus, Office D240 (Library), 972-881-5948

Kyle Wilkison (PhD, Vanderbilt, 1995)
American South; American Social History; Labor
Spring Creek Campus, Office B223, 972-881-5834

Associate Faculty Offices
Associate faculty members may be contacted through the offices below or by clicking on their names to send an email message.

Central Park Campus - McKinney
Associate Faculty Office - B305
972-548-6832

Preston Ridge Campus - Frisco
Associate Faculty Office - F243
972-377-1585

Spring Creek Campus - Plano
          Associate Faculty Office - K239
          972-881-5759
          Associate Faculty Office - B103
          972-881-5090

Reed Andrus (ABD, North Texas)
Sara Bostelman (MA, Northeast Louisiana, 1981)
Lauren Bristow (MA, New Orleans, 1998)
S. David Buice (PhD, Oklahoma, 1970)
Steven Butler (ABD, Texas-Arlington)
Nicole Coffelt (MA, Texas Woman's, 2001)
Thomas Cross (PhD, North Texas, 1997)
Monica Cubberly (MA, Texas-San Antonio, 1994)
Kam DeLeon-Taylor (MA, Texas Woman's, 2001)
Diana Fordham (MA, Memphis, 2004)
Robert Goforth (MA, East Carolina, 1992)
Joe Jaynes (JD, Southern Methodist, 2005)
Luke Lafitte (JD, Texas Tech, 2004)
Brenda Lakhani (MA North Texas, 2003)
Frank Mayhew (MA, Texas Woman's, 2001)
Russell Mitchell (MA, Central European University [Budapest], 1998)
Joan Mortensen (PhD, Indiana, 1986)
Kevin Neptune (MS, Texas A&M - Commerce, 2003)
Sara Ruppel (MA, Kansas State, 1997)
Cameron Sinclair (MA, Southern Methodist, 2003)
Stacy Sprague (MA, North Texas, 2004)
Kristen Streater (PhD, Kentucky, 2001)
Margaret Sullivan (MA, Texas Woman's, 2004)
Tim Sullivan (MA, Texas at Arlington, 2004)
John Trickel (EdD, North Texas, 1980)
Gary Verett (PhD, North Texas, 1970)
Mike Walker (MA. Texas A&M, 1995)
Richard Walker (MLA, Southern Methodist, 1995)
Mark Welborn (MA, North Texas, 1989)

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